Economics
Peter Howson – Bitcoin: China’s crackdown isn’t enough – only a global effort can stop crypto’s monstrous energy demand
Anucha Cheechang/Shutterstock Peter Howson, Northumbria University, Newcastle Huge concrete data centres, permanently plugged into power plants and telephone exchanges, maintain much of online life. But the infrastructure behind internet-based cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin, dogecoin and […]